"boy" meaning in Chinese

See boy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pɔːi̯⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /pɔːi̯⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: boi¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bōi [Cantonese, Yale], boi¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], boi¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From English boy. Etymology templates: {{bor|yue|en|boy}} English boy Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} boy
  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) The name of the Latin-script letter B/b. Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong Categories (topical): Latin letter names
    Sense id: en-boy-zh-noun-IRPOUZde Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) office boy Tags: Cantonese, Hong-Kong
    Sense id: en-boy-zh-noun-353-mcyR Categories (other): Hong Kong Cantonese, Pages with entries, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese terms written in foreign scripts Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 4 3 0 7 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 6 5 6 0 0 0 4 6 4 7 2 2 0 5 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of Chinese terms written in foreign scripts: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: dog
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            "Nouns",
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            "Language",
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            "Human",
            "Communication"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "bōi"
    },
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      "zh-pron": "boi¹"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "bōi"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi¹"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "boi¹"
    },
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɔːi̯⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
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}

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